Review of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013) by Vuk O — 04 Feb 2013
The Dark Knight Returns: Part 2 is officially one of the best Batman movies ever made. Much like Part 1, it does justice to its source material, Frank Miller's game-changing four-episode mini series about a veteran 55-year-old Batman coming out of retirement in a bleak future spawned from the eighties.
Changes were made from the comic book, so there is no inner monologue, which has been compensated by added dialogue, while some scenes are better played out in animation than they were as panels on pages.
Certain details were omitted, but the Joker is presented as psychotic as he was in the original story, Superman is a good soldier of a Reagan-like US president, and Carrie Kelley takes her role as the new Robin seriously.
Batman is equally bitter and idealistic, even without the inner monologue, and the epic fight between the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel is as good as, if not better than the comic book version. Fans of the original story will be pleased, casual Batman fans will be entertained, and fans of quality movies will be pleasantly surprised.
TDKR: Part 2 features more action, violence and blood than any other Batman title, animated or live action, and has kept its essence of a satirical and twisted take on the human condition and the vigilante who kept on believing he can fix people.
To quote Abed from Community: 'This is definitely the darkest timeline', but there is a light at the end of the Batcave.
This review of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013) was written by Vuk O on 04 Feb 2013.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 has generally received very positive reviews.
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